Opinion Polls

Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/RED C May 14th

May 14, 2012
By Stephen
Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/RED C May 14th

Yesterday’s Sunday Business Post had a poll on Party Support and the upcoming treaty referendum. For the referendum the Yes side has much to be comforted by. The results are: Yes: 53% (+6) No: 31% (-4) Don’t Know: 16% (-2) When you exclude the Don’t Know yes side lead 63% to 37%. This shows the strength of the Yes side before the entry of Declan Ganley to the debate so it will be interesting to see if his contribution...

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Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/Red C April 29th

April 30, 2012
By Stephen
Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/Red C April 29th

Yesterday’s Sunday Business Post had a Red C poll on the treaty referendum and on party support, so it made for interesting reading on the way home from Dublin (hence why this post is late). On the treaty it has shown some slight movement and it is the same story with party support. The headline figures on the treaty are: Yes 47% (-2) No 35% (+2) Don’t Know 18% (nc) When the Don’t Know’s are excluded the figures are: Yes 58%...

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Pollwatch: Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI 20th April

April 19, 2012
By Stephen
Pollwatch: Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI 20th April

In continuation from the poll on the referendum in today’s Irish Times, tomorrows looks at party support. Polling was conducted on Monday and Tuesday by Ipsos MRBI. So this is post the major party conferences, Mahon and Household Charge. The party support levels are: Fine Gael, 33% (-3) Labour, 13% (-6) Fianna Fáil, 14% (-1) Sinn Féin, 21% (+6) Green Party, 2% (+1) Independents/ Others, 17% (+3) It is interesting to see the Green Party have their own line...

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Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/Red C 25th March 2012

March 24, 2012
By Stephen
Pollwatch: Sunday Business Post/Red C 25th March 2012

There is an interesting poll in tomorrows Sunday Business Post by Red C on both Party support and the fiscal treaty referendum. It is worth nothing that the poll was taken before the announcement on a deal on the Promissory Note and the Mahon Tribunal Report . The top-line figures for party support are as follows: Fine Gael 34% (+4) Labour 15% (-1) Fianna Fail 16% (-1) Sinn Fein 18% (nc) Ind/others 17% (-2) Fine Gael manage get to get a...

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Encouraging polls for the “Yes” Campaign

March 4, 2012
By Stephen
Encouraging polls for the “Yes” Campaign

The Sunday Business Post and the Sunday Independent carry some good news for those hoping that the referendum on the Fiscal Compact will be passed in Ireland. According to the Red C Poll in the Sunday Business Post 44% of voters say they will vote “yes”, with 29% committed to a “no” vote. 26% do not know. This is going to be where the focus will be on the way the “do not knows” split closer to the election,...

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Pollwatch: RED C/SBP Polls September 25th

September 25, 2011
By Stephen
Pollwatch: RED C/SBP Polls September 25th

The Sunday Business Post has two polls for us about the Irish Presidential Election. It has one poll with the 5 nominated candidates so far and one poll with the 7 candidates who will most likely be on the ballot on October 27th. In the 5 Candidate poll the 1st preference vote would look as follows: Higgins, Michael D (Lab) 27% McGuinness, Martin (SF) 20% Davis, Mary (Ind) 20% Mitchell, Gay (FG) 15% Gallagher, Sean (Ind) 15% This poll...

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1st Post Election Poll: Sunday Business Post/Red C April 2011

April 10, 2011
By Stephen
1st Post Election Poll: Sunday Business Post/Red C April 2011

So today we saw the first poll since the general election published in the Sunday Business Post. It was conducted by Red C. All figures are on difference since the election. The topline figures are: Fine Gael 39% (+3) Labour 18% (-1) Fianna Fail 16% (-1) Sinn Fein 11% (+1) Others 16% An interesting poll. Maybe people are regretting not voting for a majority Fine Gael government? That or is the sign that Red C over estimate Fine Gael support by...

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Paddy Power/Red C Poll 23rd February

February 23, 2011
By Stephen
Paddy Power/Red C Poll 23rd February

A bit late in reporting on this poll but I was working and canvassing! So to the topline figures: Fianna Fail 15% (-1) Fine Gael 40% (+1) Labour 18% (+1) Green Party 3% (+1) Sinn Fein 10% (-1) Others 14% (-1) Some minor changes from Sundays poll, but it is still quite interesting. Fine Gael are still holding their ground and the Greens have moved back up to the top of the margin of error range! Fianna Fail, Sinn...

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Irish Independent/Milward Brown Poll 23rd February

February 22, 2011
By Stephen
Irish Independent/Milward Brown Poll 23rd February

The second last poll of the campaign will be in the Irish Indepdent by Milward Brown. The topline figures are as follows: Fianna Fail 14% (-2) Fine Gael 38% (+1) Labour 20% (nc) Green Party 1% (nc) Sinn Fein 11% (-1) Others 16% (+2) An interesting poll. Shows that Fine Gael are holding strong. Labour have managed to halt their slide, while Fianna Fail have lost some of the support they had regained. It will be interesting to see...

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Irish Times\Ipsos-MRBI Poll 21st February

February 20, 2011
By Stephen
Irish Times\Ipsos-MRBI Poll 21st February

I have a feeling we will have a few polls this week as in we enter the last lap and the Irish Times have an Ipsos MRBI poll in tomorrows paper. The topline figures are: Fianna Fail 16% (+1) Fine Gael 37% (+4) Labour 19% (-5) Greens 2% (+1) Sinn Fein 11% (-1) Others 15 (nc) This poll confirms the results of the polls in Sunday’s papers. Labour seem to have made a massive mistake in their camapign and...

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